Improvement of Access to DoD Scientific and Technical Information. Part B. Analyses, Findings and Conclusions

Abstract

The regulations governing the implementation of DTIC are reviewed and lack of enforcement is found to be a primary factor in denying to DTIC about fifty percent of the information that should be in the files. A survey of DROLS users indicates that nearly all classified users would be unhappy about a change to a completely unclassified system, although the real benefits of the classified system are small, considering recent and impending improvements to the unclassified system. In addition, an unclassified system would be less expensive to operate for DTIC, the DoD and the users. The question of the value of information is partially addressed in this report, but a definitive answer is not found. The attitude of classified users is that the information they receive is well worth its present costs. For this reason, a completely unclassified on- line system is not recommended as a result of this study.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA094377

Entities

People

  • Murray E. Kamrass
  • Vincent J. Berinati

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Communications
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Contracts
  • Cybersecurity
  • Data Processing
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Management Information Systems
  • Remote Terminals
  • Technical Information Centers
  • Telephone Lines
  • Terminals
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Library and Information Science
  • Systems Analysis and Design